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More centuries-old bottles of fruit found at George Washington’s home
Washington Post· 1 day agoOfficials at Mount Vernon said Thursday that archaeologists have unearthed 27 more bottles...
Adirondack Coast Cultural Alliance’s 15th Annual Museum Days June 15-16
Press-Republican, Plattsburgh, N.Y. via Yahoo News· 1 day agoPLATTSBURGH — 1814 Commemoration Inc. offers a “Scavenger Hunt” and a “History Talk” for its programming during the Adirondack Coast Cultural Alliance’s 15th Annual Museum Days, which will be ...
Water sports and Bronze Age forts – why Sardinia is perfect for a family holiday
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 6 days ago“Man overboard!” they cried gleefully as I wobbled precariously, windmilling my arms in a desperate...
Jiankou work starts to go deeper into layers of history
China Daily· 3 days agoYin Da, also from the institute, has been paying attention to vegetation on the Great Wall. Yin says she hopes she can make richer discoveries in the Jiankou project. In addition ...
The original occupant of an Egyptian sarcophagus was unknown. Then a tiny ornament revealed a very...
CNN.com· 5 days agoA sarcophagus discovered in 2009 in an Egyptian burial chamber came with a complicated history:...
Medieval Game Pieces Unearthed Beneath a Castle in Germany
Smithsonian Magazine· 5 days agoResearchers have discovered a small trove of medieval game pieces hidden in a German castle. The...
Who were the victims of Maya sacrifice? Ancient DNA reveals an unexpected finding
CNN via Yahoo News· 3 days agoA new analysis of ancient DNA from the ancient Maya city of Chichén Itzá in Mexico challenges...
Flagstaff Event Almanac for June 15
Arizona Daily Sun· 9 hours agoWillow Bend Environmental Education Center, in collaboration with the Forager's Path School of Botanical Studies, is hosting a Native Herb Festival that you don’t want to miss! The walk will ...
Sandy Hook Massacre Survivors Graduated High School Without 20 Of Their Friends Or Any Gun Reform
Esquire· 15 hours agoNewtown High School held its graduation. Included among the graduates were survivors of that awful...
Shepherd’s graffiti sheds new light on Acropolis lost temple mystery – new research
The Conversation· 4 days agoA new publication in the American Journal of Archaeology, by Merle Langdon (University of Tennessee) and me, tells a historical detective story of a lost temple on the site of the Parthenon.